Gamkrelidze Reports on Coronavirus Cases in Georgia

Amiran Gamkrelidze, Director of the National Center for Disease Control, presented a report on the coronavirus situation in Georgia. While talking numbers, he also mentioned the flights canceled and the ones still coming into Georgia. 

“It is very important to monitor people coming from high-risk countries. The flow of people from Iran and China has almost been suspended, while many are still coming into Georgia from Italy. Different quarantine and self-isolation regimes are being implemented countrywide. 119 people have been placed in quarantine”, Gamkrelidze said.

130 people have been tested on coronavirus in Georgia, of which three have been confirmed as having the virus, and the NCDC has 24 more awaiting results.

Three cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Georgia so far. All of them are Georgian citizens who had traveled to Iran and Italy. Gamkrelidze has further reported that their condition is clinically very satisfactory for now.

By Nini Dakhundaride